Toy gun



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Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JAMES C. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy guns and refers especially to a toy for shooting rubber bands, said toy having one or a number of triggers, one behind the other, encased and guided by a metal means surrounding a wooden stock, each trigger consisting of a sliding pin which is applied to a swinging lever, said lever bein supported from a pin set in the walls of t at portion of the toy corresponding to a breech. This lever when raised by operation of the sliding pin, releases a rubber band stretched over the muzzle of the gun and pulled back into a vertical notch out in the breech of the gun behind the point of support of the lever; said trigger so spaced at the point of rest that the lever element, when the trigger is pulled, is not adected by the position of the lever behind it and ad acent to it.

The rear trigger, or the one nearest the butt of the gun, must be pulled first, as the rubber band it releases holds down all the other bands in the respective notches behind the other triggers. "The other triggers may be pulled in turn, in a direction toward that part of the toy corresponding to the muzzle of the gun.

A new and novel feature of m invention is an auxiliary attachment for lbngthening the barrel of the gun, allowing larger rubber bands to be used and greater range to be obtained, said attachment consisting of a base of wood, tapered to extend beyond the basic barrel of the n, confoing to and aligned with it, and held in place by means of a metal socket, slipping snugly over the end of the barrel.

other feature is the space out in the lower edge of butt of for holdin spare rubber bands, enclosed by a hinge metal means locked by a spring.

lhe metal means wherein the trigger element is operated is secured to the body of the gun by nails, screws, belts or rivets.

- Another feature of my invention is the combination of noiselessness and safety oi? operation with durability of construction.

The operating principles of the invention will be more clearly understood taken in OF DALLAS, T.

GUN.

6, 1922. Serial No. 599,264.

connection with the hereto, as follows:

Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the invention.

. Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of that portion of Figure2 comprising the trigger mechanism with a portion of the enclosing metal case cut away to show the operation of said mechanism.

Figure d is a side elevational view of the barrel, with the extension fixed thereto.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of the assembly of the trigger mechanism showing the position of the trigger as it is pulled.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of the pocket for extra rubbers shown in Figure 2, with a portion cut away to show the interior and the position of the extra bands.

In Figure 1, frame 1 is shown with the extension 2 afixed by means 3. Rubbers are shown in place, stretched from end of drawings attached barrel to notches in trigger mechanism sheath 12.

In Figure 2, the frame 1 is shown, the ocket cover 4 in place over the pocket and ocked by spring 5. The sheath 12, with the notches above, and shown with the rubber bands A stretched as in Figure l. The extension 2 is held in place by means 3 on frame 1.

in Figure 3, the operation of the trigger mechanism is shown, triggers 9 and 11 b ing in a passive position, and levers 6 and 8 also passively hanging from their support ing elements. Tri ger 10 is shown in action applied to lever causing lever 7 to be lifted, releasing the rubber band resting thereon. The metal means 13- and 1d are secured to the wooden frame and slotted to allow the free passage of the trigger pins; the frame included therein is also slotted. to coincide with the slots in the metal means.

Figure 4: shows the detail of the attachment of extension 2 to frame 1 by means of means 3.

In Figure 5, the trigger 10 is shown ap plied to lever 7, raising it to release the rub;

er band. 12 represents the metal sheath, l3 and 142 the in iding metal strips.

What is claims is:

l. A toy of the character described comrising a wooden frame unit, consistin of a utt, stool; and barrel, an assembly 0 triggers, said assembly consisting of a series of the trigger pins below, is

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push pins, one behind the other, sliding through openings in the breech portion of the frame and 1n the sheath enclosing it; levers attached to the upper portion of the breech and encased therein, to each of which the push pin is applied, each trigger mechanism being separate and apart from the other, vertical notches in the upper portion of the breech behind each lever, rubber bands attached from said notches to and over the end of the barrel, and a pocket within the butt portion of the frame, a metal cover encasing said pocket and a spring'securing the cover in place, said toy to be used for shootl5 ing rubber bands.

2. A toy of the character described, for

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